In re Disqualification of Parker

{¶ 1} Defendant Brian Zarle has filed an affidavit with the clerk of this court under R.C. 2701.03 seeking to disqualify Judge Tom Parker from presiding over any further proceedings in case No. CR 2012-07-1992, now pending for a pretrial conference in the Court of Common Pleas of Summit County.

{¶ 2} Zarle has been charged with intimidation of Judge Carol J. Dezso, a judge of the Summit County Domestic Relations Court. Zarle seeks Judge Parker’s disqualification “[d]ue to the relationship between the alleged victim and the Judge hearing the case.”

{¶ 3} Judge Parker has responded in writing to…